Student Research in Economics

Capstone Research Papers and Posters

(Title, Author)

2012 Papers and Posters

  • Crescenzo, Michael P. "In the Word, Not of It:  The Amish Struggle to Preserve Their Culture in Hard Economic Times"

  • Hand, Chaney M. "Cash or Credit?  Why Millersville University Students Have Credit Card Debt"

  • Koons, Kaleb L. "Spring Cleaning: Pennsylvania Resident's Willingness to Pay for Chesapeake Bay Watershed Clean-up Projects"

  • McCauley, Ryan W.  "Prison Bars Break the Bank:  An Economic Analysis of the Lancaster County Ready2Work Program's Effect on Recidivism and Its Cost Effectiveness"

  • Moon, Eric K. "Big Fracking Deal:  An Analysis of Marcellus Shale through Classical, Marxian, and Ecological Schools of Economic Thought"

  • Robinson, David C. "New Jersey! Better Than the Rest?  The New Jersey Housing Market's Resistance to the Financial Crisis"

  • Sawyer, Brett L. "Got Wikipedia? A Study on Wikipedia's Effects on College Students"

  • Shue, Benjamin C. "Got Ethanol?  A Study of Rising Corn Prices and Diversification in the Pennsylvania Dairy Industry"


Honors Theses

(Title, Author, Year, Faculty Committee)
* denotes Omicron Delta Epsilon Research Award winner

  • Beating the Odds: Creating a Value-Based Investment Strategy for Long-Term Superior Results, Erik Baker, 2007, Suliman, Madden, Guo
  • Does Foreign Direct Investment Converge Economies?*, Ryan D. Walker, 2007, Suliman, Smith, Baker
  • Clustering the Economy, Brenda Chavez, 2006, Smith, Gumpper, Madden
  • Variations in Individual Decision Making: Children, Adults, and Economic Theory*, Patricia C. Grieggs, 2006, Baker, Smith, Madden, Gumpper
  • The Power of Equality, Evan Gentry, 2005, Madden, Suliman, Callari
  • Nuisance Taxes and the Brain Drain, Justin Kleinfleter, 2004, Suliman, Smith
  • Aristotelian Ethics as an Indicator of Company StockPerformance, Steve Elliker, 2003, Suliman, Smith, Ward
  • Stock Typology and the S&P Game, Jesse Ellis, 2003, Suliman, Smith, Gumpper
  • Happiness & Subjective Well Being: Determinants with an International Comparison, Lauren Williams, 2003, Smith, Gumpper, Madden
  • Evaluation of Union Membership, 1800-2001, Terrance J. Doherty, 2002, Smith, Gumpper, Suliman
  • Identification and Analysis of Significant Industry Clusters and Employment Trends in Lancaster County, Bill Stadden, 2002, Smith, Gumpper, Madden
  • Valuing Water Quality Improvements in the Chesapeake Bay, Kelley Appleman, 2001, Gumpper, Madden, Smith
  • The Relationship Between Athletic Participation at MU and Post-Graduation Income, Brian Hanks, 2001, Madden, Gumpper, Smith
  • Lancaster Merchants 1756-1789: An Unequal Distribution of Wealth, David Howell, 2000, Madden, Gumpper, McLarnon
  • Factors of Production in the United States: A Time-Series Analysis, Ron Horst, 1999, Margolis, Madden, Shultz, Smith, Suliman
  • Integration of the Russian Financial Market: Inter-Regional Analysis, Anna Katseva, 1998, Suliman, Fenwick, Guo, Gumpper, Margolis